A client is receiving care for symptoms; however, the treatment will not alter the course of the disease. This client is receiving which type of care?
1. Hospital-based
2. Managed
3. Palliative
4. Therapeutic
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Palliative care, or "comfort" care, is directed at providing relief to a terminally ill client through symptom and pain relief. The goal is not curative. Care for symptoms that will not alter the course of the disease does not need to be provided in the hospital. Managed care is guided through the direction of a primary care physician. Therapeutic is a type of care that focuses on a specific treatment for a health problem.
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